Yesteryear in Retrospect
10 Years Ago
March 22, 2013
10 Years Ago
March 22, 2013
10 Years Ago
March 15, 2013
Haddon Township considered an application from Vespia Holdings to build a strip mall with eight stores on the former Newton Diner site on White Horse Pike. The application required a number of variances and waivers and it was not clear what types of businesses Vespia hoped to attract.
10 Years Ago
March 8, 2013
The Oaklyn Board of Education approved a tentative $7.6 million budget that cut 13 positions from the payroll for savings of $195,000. Seven of those positions were classroom aides whose positions were expected to be outsourced to a private firm.
10 Years Ago
March 1, 2013
10 Years Ago
February 22, 2013
The Oaklyn board of education faced a $240,000 shortfall, even with the maximum allowable tax increase and after $100,000 in proposed cuts. Superintendent Scott Oswald said the district could use banked cap to help bridge the gap, but other cuts were likely to staffing, maintenance and sports programs.
10 Years Ago
February 15, 2013
10 Years Ago
February 8, 2012
10 Years Ago
February 1, 2013
A beaver’s dam in Crows Woods led to unexpected problems on Tavistock Country Club’s golf course because it raised the water level of the stream into which Tavistock’s 16th hole pond emptied, which made it difficult to regulate. The borough planned a coordinated effort to outsmart the “unbelievable engineers.”
10 Years Ago
January 25, 2013
10 Years Ago
January 18, 2013